But banning assault rifles from being sold to the public will not stop their distribution among criminals, it will only take them away fromt he rest of the populace.

Whether you need something or not has never really been a basis for lawmaking in the U.S.

By that logic, the government could say "You Dont need pie because there is cake and ice cream, so its being banned from being sold in the U.S."

If Assault Rifles are banned, I have a feeling the Higher Powered Hunting Rifles will be targeted next, then slowy everything else as well. The people that started this movement and are in full support of it are also those who want to ban public gun ownership in the U.S.

But what are the chances of that happen? You are more likely to die by choking on that big mac than by getting shot with an assault rifle. That combined with the fact that there is a Big Mac for each person in that room...

For one, assault rifles are not nearly as dangerous as people think. The ones they want to ban are Semi-AUtomatic ones. To get one is hard as well, they do big background checks on the people who legally buy them.

For those using them to kill, they are almost guaranteed coming from the black market, and thus wouldn;t be affected by such a ban.

Cancer kills, should we ban diet coke because it contains carcinogens?

Chainsaws and knifes kill, should we ban them?

What about fireworks? Should we just celebrate the 4th of July by overeating? What would our forefathers think about that?!?!

More people die of smokeing, alcohol, and driving than guns, should we ban all of those?

Is it really worth loosing the deffense in case someone tryes to break in your house, you confront a serial killer, there is a major revolutoion, or the zombie apocalypse finaly arives? I know that if I ever meat LP in real life, I'd want a fully loaded MP40 tucked under my jacket at all times.